A person from whom an informal, unregulated, short term loan can be acquired... Usually at usurious interest and with at least the presumption of physical danger to the borrower in the case of default.
The name comes from the ruthless and violent popular image of sharks, and basically assumes the lender hasconnections with organized crime.
Can also sometimes be applied to one who always seems just a bit too mercenary in thier "assistance" of friends.
The name comes from the ruthless and violent popular image of sharks, and basically assumes the lender hasconnections with organized crime.
Can also sometimes be applied to one who always seems just a bit too mercenary in thier "assistance" of friends.
My uncle was sick for two weeks, and missed a co-op payment. Now he has to get money from a loan shark, or he's on the street.
Bobby said he wouldn't give me a ride to work unless I gave him $15 for gas... What a loan shark.
Bobby said he wouldn't give me a ride to work unless I gave him $15 for gas... What a loan shark.
by Honor July 24, 2004
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by Big Robert July 22, 2004
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"Shit that loan shark gonna break my legs, blow up my car, rape my wife and shit in my bed if i dont pay him soon."
by mikeyj MoFo July 18, 2004
Get the loan shark mug.The forces that usually plague a person after he or she acquires a considerable sleep debt by sleeping very little (or not at all) for extended periods of time.
Sleep debt loan sharks may use schemes such as spontaneous microsleep, low cognitive capabilities, and (if the sleep debt is extraordinarily high) auditory and visual hallucinations, in order to make a person pay off his or her sleep debt.
As with regular loan sharks, sleep debt loan sharks can be staved off temporarily. In this case, it is through the use of psychostimulants, such as caffeine, amphetamines, ecstasy, cocaine, etc.
Sleep debt loan sharks may use schemes such as spontaneous microsleep, low cognitive capabilities, and (if the sleep debt is extraordinarily high) auditory and visual hallucinations, in order to make a person pay off his or her sleep debt.
As with regular loan sharks, sleep debt loan sharks can be staved off temporarily. In this case, it is through the use of psychostimulants, such as caffeine, amphetamines, ecstasy, cocaine, etc.
Edwin: Hey man, how 'bout you n' me go clubbin' tonight?
Godfrey: Nah man, them sleep debt loan sharks be keepin' me down. Gotta get me some sleep n' sh*t befo' I get real f*cked up.
Edwin: Yo man, two words: Coffee, biotch!
Godfrey: Nah man, them sleep debt loan sharks be keepin' me down. Gotta get me some sleep n' sh*t befo' I get real f*cked up.
Edwin: Yo man, two words: Coffee, biotch!
by Double A Tron April 3, 2011
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by kid July 22, 2003
Get the loan shark mug.a loan shark is someone who'll give someone else a loan (usually a pretty large sum) and then charge a ridiculous amount of interest. when the loan wasn't paid they would usually use force to get their money. this term, or, ahem, profession is usually linked to the mafia.
by adry July 18, 2004
Get the loan shark mug.A shark is obviously something that has the capacity to bite you in the ass. A loan shark is someone who will lend you money, assumming you will pay him/her back in a rediciously large amount of intrest. (You borrow $3000, and owe him $300 a month for 2 years)
by Rob the magical mushroom. July 15, 2004
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